A Daily Dose of History (07 Apr 2025)

Today's historical events:

• Attila the Hun captures Metz in France, killing most of its inhabitants and burning most of the town.
• Empress Matilda becomes the first female ruler of England, adopting the title 'Lady of the English'.
• Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV charters Prague University.
• Felix V abdicates his claim to the papacy, ending the reign of the final Antipope.
• Ferdinand Magellan arrives at Cebu.
• Francis Xavier leaves Lisbon on a mission to the Portuguese East Indies.
• Premiere performance of Johann Sebastian Bach's St John Passion, BWV 245, at St. Nicholas Church, Leipzig.
• End of Burmese-Siamese War (1765-67).
• Settlers establish Marietta, Ohio, the first permanent settlement created by U.S. citizens in the recently organized Northwest Territory.
• The French First Republic adopts the kilogram and gram as its primary unit of mass.[citation needed]
• Lewis and Clark Expedition: The Corps of Discovery breaks camp among the Mandan tribe and resumes its journey West along the Missouri River.

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